Anguciana

Anguciana municipality
Anguciana - town center with the Church of San Martín
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Province :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Haro
Coordinates	42 ° 35 ′  N , 2 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 35 ′  N , 2 ° 54 ′  W
Height :	470  msnm
Area :	5.05 km²
Residents :	433 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	85.74 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26210
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26013
administration
Website :	Anguciana

Anguciana is a place and a municipality (municipio) with 433 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northern Spanish autonomous region of La Rioja . The municipality is part of the Rioja Alta wine-growing region .

Location and climate

Anguciana is located in the northwest of the Spanish autonomous region of La Rioja on the Río Tirón at an altitude of approx. 475  m and a good 20 km (driving distance) south of Miranda de Ebro . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 660 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	667	820	762	318	433

The phylloxera crisis in viticulture, the increasing mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to increased unemployment since the middle of the 20th century and, as a result, to a migration of many families to the larger cities ( rural exodus ).

economy

In earlier centuries, many of the city's residents lived directly or indirectly (as craftsmen and tradespeople) from farming in the area as self-sufficient . Viticulture , which has been practiced since Roman times , gained in importance, especially in the 19th century, when French winemakers settled in the village to produce wine based on the French model.

history

Anguciana - Torre de Salcedo

Neolithic and Iron Age finds were not made in the municipality; Roman , Visigoth and Moorish traces are also missing. The first mention of the name comes from a document dated 1121, in which the local primary mistress and her daughter, the basic rule (señorío) over the village and surrounding lands to the monastery of Santa María la Real de Nájera bequeathed. In 1394, the Salcedo family took control of the place, which they held until all manorials were abolished in the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1834 the place came from the province of Burgos to the newly created province of Logroño .

Sights and culture

• The five-storey Torre de Salcedo , built on a square floor plan and equipped with a battlemented battlement , dates from around 1400, and at times also served as the residence of the landlord's family. Today's windows were mostly installed in place of the former loopholes .
• The single nave Iglesia de San Martín dates from the 16th century; its current condition, however, goes back to numerous expansions and renovations from the 17th to the early 20th century.
• The bridge over the Río Tirón dates from the 19th century.

Web links

Commons : Anguciana  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Anguciana, history and traditions - photos + info (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Anguciana - climate tables
3. ↑ Anguciana - Population Development
4. ↑ Anguciana History
5. ↑ Anguciana - tower